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Drunkenness Cases
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 April 1883
Drunkenness Cases
James Wilson was charged with drunkenness on 4 March at Denaby and was fined 5s....
A Jagger Portrait
South Yorkshire Times, May 5th 1933
A Jagger Portrait
A portrait of Miss Ruth Graves, daughter of Alderman J. G. Graves, the Sheffield philanthropist, by David...
The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 March 1883
The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull
The official returns of the quantity of coal sent from the South and...
South Yorkshire Collieries And Hull Trade
Sheffield Independent – Thursday 20 April 1893
South Yorkshire Collieries And Hull Trade
In consequence of the Hull dispute and the disorganised state of affairs at...
Labour Demonstration At Mexborough – Glass Trade Dispute
Leeds Mercury – Monday 17 April 1893
Labour Demonstration At Mexborough
The Glass Trade Dispute
A demonstration took place on Saturday under the auspices of the Mexborough...
Mr. Greenwood On The Glass Workers’ Dispute
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 17 April 1893
Mr. Greenwood On The Glass Workers’ Dispute
The second annual demonstration in connection with the Mexborough and District...
Breach of River By-Laws
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 11 April 1893
Arthur Squires, a boatman, of Kilnhurst, was summoned for a breach of the by-laws of the River...
Curious Case At Kilnhurst
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 11 April 1893
Curious Case At Kilnhurst
Late on Sunday evening a man who gave the name of George Stewardson was...
Kilnhurst 0 Barnsley St. Peter’s 4
Sheffield Independent – Monday 03 April 1893
Kilnhurst v. Barnsley St. Peter’s
At Kilnhurst, before a large attendance, Barnsley played the same combination, with one exception,...
Flooding
Leeds Mercury – Tuesday 13 February 1883
Flooding
The Don and Dearne have overflowed and flooded a large tract of land. The highways to several adjacent...
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Saturday 10 February 1883
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
From the official return of the quantity of coal sent into Hull...
Miners’ National Orphanage
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 09 February 1883
Miners’ National Orphanage
The project for the establishment of a Miners’ National Orphanage is still progressing favourably.
I...
Stealing Coal
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Saturday 24 March 1877
Stealing Coal
Three boys, named Edward Quaile, Peter Barnes, and Thomas John Twigg, were charged with stealing coal...
Almanack for 1881
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 24 December 1880
Almanack for 1881
Mexboro’ Local Board
Members | Order of RetiringStenton, H.Dickinson, P.Peace, W.Beevers, W. | April 15th,...
1880 – Principal Chronological Events
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 24 December 1880
Principal Chronological Events
1879
Oct. 20.—Strike at the Mexboro’ and Swinton Glass Works.
Nov. 19.—Mass meeting of miners at...
Chronology for 1879 (continued)
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 02 January 1880
Chronology for 1879 (continued)
July 1.—Suspicious death of a Mexboro’ man at the Wadsley Asylum.
July 3.—Suicide of...
Chronology for 1879
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 02 January 1880
Chronology for 1879
We give below the principal local events which have taken place during the past...
Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 09 December 1884
Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation
It is considered that within a radius of six miles from either Mexborough or...
Exciting Incident on the Don at Denaby
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Saturday 15 November 1884
Exciting Incident on the Don at Denaby
On Thursday afternoon Jonathan Guest, Mark Blackburn, and George Shaw, employed at...
Barnburgh Colliery – Retirement Of Mr. T. L. Soar – Kilnhurst Official Appointed
South Yorkshire Times, June 16th 1933
Barnburgh Colliery
Retirement Of Mr. T. L. Soar
Kilnhurst Official Appointed
Mr. A. F. Linton, assistant manager at Kilnhurst Colliery, has been...
Miners’ Demonstration at Swinton
Barnsley Chronicle – Saturday 04 May 1878
Miners’ Demonstration at Swinton
The various lodges in connection with the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association in the immediate neighbourhood...
Alleged Death of a Child Through Starvation at Kilnhurst
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Thursday 18 December 1879
Alleged Death of a Child Through Starvation at Kilnhurst
Yesterday Mr. D. Wightman held an inquest at the...
The Alleged Child Starvation at Kilnhurst
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Wednesday 24 December 1879
The Alleged Child Starvation at Kilnhurst
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Coroner Wightman concluded the inquiry into the case of...
South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull – March 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette, Wednesday 9 April 1884
South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull.
The amount of trade done with Hull during the...
State of Coal Industry
Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 23 March 1878
Barnsley, Friday.
The whole district is in a very unsettled state, whilst trade was scarcely ever more depressed....